Recipients of the Annual Award from the Estonian Society of Art Historians and Curators:
2025
The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is Tiina Abel; the Annual Awards were presented to Mari Vallikivi and Anders Härm.
2024
The Annual Award was presented to Kersti Markus for compiling and editing Volume I of the History of Estonian Art.
2023
The Annual Award was presented to Hanno Soans for his art writing and art criticism in recent years.
2022
The Annual Award was presented to Kai Lobjakas, and the Lifetime Achievement Award to Mai Levin.
2021
The first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is Virve Sarapik. The Annual Award was presented to the research project of Christian Ackermann.
2020
Eha Komissarov for her long-standing and outstanding curatorial work and for the 2019 exhibition “Open Collections. The Artist Has the Floor” at KUMU.
2019
Mari Laanemets for the exhibition “Abstraction as an Open Experiment,” curated at the Tallinn Art Hall in 2018.
2018
Oliver Orro for his in-depth study of the industrial architecture of the Kopli Peninsula and for presenting the fruits of this work to the public in the exhibition and book “Kopli Sonata. The Russian-Baltic Shipyard.”
2017
Elnara Taidre for her dedicated research and curatorial work on art relations between Estonia and Moscow in the 1960s and 1970s, with an emphasis on self-mythological works of art in visual culture.
2016
Anu Allas for her outstanding work in researching and promoting Soviet-era Estonian art. Allas has consistently focused on postwar art and artistic practices in Eastern Europe, as well as the neo-avant-garde of the 1960s and the relationship between art and the environment.
2015
Tiiu Talvistu for her excellent curatorial work and catalog compilation for the exhibition “Malle Leis. Yellow Summer” at the Tartu Art Museum in 2014
2014
Tiina Abel for her outstanding curatorial work on the exhibition “Image Explosion. Art and Photography in 19th-Century Estonian Visual Culture” at the KUMU Art Museum in 2013.
2013
Eva Näripea for raising Estonian film studies to a professional level.
2012
Greta Koppel and Hilkka Hiiop for the exhibition “Bosch & Bruegel. Four Traces of One Painting.”
2011
Andres Härm for his exhibitions in 2010 and his socially incisive journalism.
2010
Juta Kivimäe for the exhibition and catalog “Ülo Õun. An Artist on a Fractured Path of Discovery.”
2009
Andres Kurg and Mari Laanemets for the exhibition and catalog “Environments, Projects, Concepts. Architects of the Tallinn School 1972–1985.”
2008
Anne Untera for the exhibition “Maarjamaa rokokoo / Rococo in Estonia. Gottlieb Welté” at Kadriorg Art Museum and the accompanying catalog of the same name.
2007
Virve Sarapik for the high-quality editing of the journal Studies on Art and Architecture.
2006
Tiina-Mall Kreem for the exhibition “The Allure of Masterpieces: Copying in 19th-Century Estonia” at Kadriorg Art Museum and the Mikkel Museum in 2005/2006, as well as for organizing the conference and publishing the accompanying catalog.
2005
Tiiu Talvistu, Reet Mark, and Mare Joonsalu for the major project “Conflicts and Confessions” (exhibition, catalog, conference) at the Tartu Art Museum, showcasing the work of Karin Luts.
2004
Juhan Maiste, Kadi Polli, and Mariann Raisma for their research on Tartu University architect Johann Wilhelm Krause and the book “Alma Mater Tartuensis.”
2003
Anu Mänd for the exhibition and catalog “The Silver Chamber at the Niguliste Museum.”
2002
Jaak Kangilaski for the collection of articles “On Art, Estonia, and Estonian Art.” The collection reflects his dedicated work with University of Tartu students in introducing and developing classical research methods
2001
Juta Keevallik, Rein Loodus, and Lehti Viiroja for the collection of annotated source texts on the development of art writing and art life, “Texts on Art and Architecture. 1. Art Writing in Estonia 1777–1863.”
2000
Anne Lass as executive editor of the encyclopedia “Estonian Architecture” (Vol. 1–4, Tallinn: Valgus, 1993–2000)
1999
Boris Bernstein for his 1998 body of work and the article “The Second Commandment of the Old Testament and the Concept of Art” in the journal Studies on Art and Architecture.
1998
Tiina Abel for organizing an exhibition and a conference “The Aguli Motif in Estonian Art” and for a presentation on the work of Nikolai Kummits.
1997
Tartu Art Museum – TKM Main Collection Catalog, Tartu: Tartu Art Museum 1996 (editors: Eha Ratnik, Taimo Kuusik, Virve Hinnov, Reet Varblane, Mari Pill, Maie Raitar, Tiiu Talvistu, Epp Preem)
1996
Ants Juske for curating the exhibition and the television series “Ars et vita.”
Recipients of the Annual Award of the Art Historians’ Section of the Estonian Artists’ Association:
1991
Hasso Krull
Article on the work of Andres Tali in the magazine Vikerkaar
Aino Kartna
French Painting from the 9th to the 19th Century. Tallinn: Kunst, 1991
1990
Juta Keevallik
Articles “Some Information on the Stackelberg Family’s Art Collection at Vääna Manor” In the collection “Art in Estonia Through the Ages” by the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR, in the preprint “Art Life in Estonia in the 19th Century,” and in the article “The Lipharts and Estonia” in the newspaper Reede, as well as for overall success in researching the legacy of Baltic German art
Krista Kodres
Articles on interior design and design: “What the ON Group Was Like,” “Estonian Landscapes on Helsinki’s Esplanade,” and “Idea – Space – Material” in the newspaper “Reede,” and “The Strange World of Toivo Raidmets’s Objects” in the magazine Vikerkaar.
1989
Reet Varblane
Article “Hanno Kompus’s Views on Art Theory” in the Tartu State Art Museum’s “Collection Catalog.”
Tamara Luuk
Article “Jüri the Two – Self and Selfless” in the magazine Vikerkaar.
1988
Mai Levin
Article “National Romanticism in Estonia,” in recognition of her significant contributions to the curation of the corresponding exhibition.
Ants Juske
Article “Space and Image in A. Keskküla’s Pictorial Language,” approached from innovative methodological perspectives
1987
Jüri Hain
Article “The Greatness and Misery of Estonian Art. A. Weizenberg 150”
Eha Komissarov
Article “On the Autumn Exhibition – With a Focus on Painting” and overall successful critical work
1986
Tiina Abel
Article “Neo-Impressionism in the Work of Konrad Mäe”
Ants Juske
Articles “Notes on the Art of the 1980s,” “The Solitude of Applied Art,” and “How to Fill the Empty Space of a Thuja?”
1985
Milvi Alas
Voldemar Mellik 1887–1949. Tallinn: Kunst, 1985
Jüri Hain
Articles “A Hypothesis with Proof Experiments,” “The Timeless Dimension of Still Life”
1984
Irina Solomõkova
Hando Mugasto 1907–1937: His Life, His Work, His Time. Tallinn: Kunst,
Mai Levin
Articles “Estonian Woodcut,” “Estonian Printmakers at the 6th Tallinn Triennial,” “Estonian Monotype,” and the exhibition “Estonian Woodcut”
1983
Jüri Hain
Articles “Henn Roode: Pioneer and Side-Stepper” and “The Sixth Print Triennial” and an interview with Mari Adamson
Heini Paas
Jaan Koort 1883–1983. Tallinn: Estonian SSR State Art Museum, 1983
1982
Rein Loodus
The Origins and Development of Estonian Book Art. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982
Ene Lamp
Foreword in essay form to the monograph: Olga Terri. Tallinn: Kunst, 1982
1981
Helene Kuma
Elgi Reemets. Tallinn: Kunst, 1981
Jaak Kangilaski
Articles “70 Years of Western Art” and “Moscow-Paris, Paris-Moscow”
1980
Mai Levin
Articles published in the newspaper Sirp ja Vasar: “In Memory of Marju Muts,” “Foreword to Nikolai Kormašov’s Exhibition,” “More on Thematic Art”
Jüri Kuuskemaa
Article “The Kadriorg Chronicle” published in the catalog of the collections of the Estonian SSR State Art Museum
1979
Jüri Hain
Articles “An Old-Fashioned Review,” “Enn Põldroos’s Paintings in Moscow,” and the portfolio “The 4th Tallinn Print Triennial”
Voldemar Erm
Articles “A Hundred Years Since the Birth of Estonian Monumental Painting” and “Once Again on Köler’s Portraits of His Mother and Father”
1978
Mai Levin
Exhibition catalogs Art Nouveau in Estonian Art. (Co-author L. Kruuse) Tallinn: [Estonian SSR Art Museum], 1978; Konrad Mägi: 100 Years Since His Birth. Tallinn: Estonian SSR State Art Museum, 1978
Ene Lamp
Articles “Spring Exhibition,” articles in the collection “Works in the Field of Art History and Criticism”
1977
Tiina Nurk
Pallas Art School 1919–1940. Tallinn: Kunst, 1977
Evi Pilhlak
Article “The World Through Contrasts”
1974
Helmi Üprus
Article “The Significance of Social, Functional, and Natural Characteristics in the Regeneration of Tallinn’s Old Town.” – “Construction and Architecture”
Leo Gens
Articles “Reflections on the Spring Exhibition of Tallinn Artists,” “Measuring Beauty with the Yardstick of Life…” and “Po zakonam prekrasnovo”
1973
Kaalu Kirme
Estonian Leatherwork. Tallinn: Kunst, 1973
Inge Teder
Articles on the problems of contemporary Soviet Estonian applied art
1972
Voldemar Vaga
Art in Tartu in the 19th Century. Tallinn: Kunst, 1971
Mai Levin
Articles: “A Collage of Thoughts After the Triennial,” “Thoughts on Elmar Kits,” “The Vilnius Triennial,” and “Leppo Mikko”